Here\u0027s a look at the charges, special counsel\u0027s investigation and how Trump\u0027s case differs from other politicians known to be in possession of classified documents
Trump will not be subjected to a mugshot photo when he appears in federal court, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the details of the proceedings.Trump faces 37 counts related to the mishandling of classified documents, including 31 counts under an Espionage Act statute pertaining to the willful retention of national defense information.
According to the Presidential Records Act, White House documents are considered property of the U.S. government and must be preserved. But that assertion turned out to be false. With a search warrant, federal officials returned to Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 and seized more than 33 boxes and containers totaling 11,000 documents from a storage room and an office, including 100 classified documents.
There is no indication either was aware of the existence of the records before they were found, and no evidence has so far emerged that Biden or Pence sought to conceal the discoveries. That’s important because the Justice Department historically looks for willfulness in deciding whether to bring criminal charges.Article content
Clinton relied on a private email system for the sake of convenience during her time as the Obama administration’s top diplomat. That decision came back to haunt her when, in 2015, the intelligence agencies’ internal watchdog alerted the FBI to the presence of potentially hundreds of emails containing classified information.Article content
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